öfugr

öfugr
a.
1) turned the wrong way with the tail or back foremost; ganga, hlaupa öfugr, to walk, leap backward; drepa, höggva öfgri hendi, with the back of the hand;
2) unkind, harsh (mæla öfugt orð til e-s).

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